Word Origin & History

confetti 1815, from It. pl. of confetto "sweetmeat," from L. confectum, pp. of confectus (see confection), a small candy traditionally thrown during carnivals in Italy, custom adopted in England for weddings and other occasions, with symbolic tossing of paper.

Example Sentences for confetti

As though an anarchist's bomb had exploded into confetti, Madge Hubert's sudden laughter sparkled through the room.

There was all the folly with that confetti stuff and the rest of it to go through with yet.

The people in the windows here threw down not only confetti but flowers, and stacks at each elbow added to the mass of color.

"Now for fun," said Beppo, when each had purchased a big bag of confetti.

Confetti, those noise-makers known as "cluckers," and the miniature feather dusters called "ticklers," were all in evidence.

No showers of confetti, no procession of the bœuf gras even.

I thought I saw some confetti in that farmyard as I came up the lane.

This is managed by means of a "confetti cup," which is a metal teacup on a saucer.

Then the light blazed again, flowers and confetti were thrown, and club servants in livery carried round trays of champagne.

He paused with a gasp and dislodged a ball of confetti from his throat.